PUBLIC LAW 109–102—NOV. 14, 2005
119 STAT. 2217
HAITI
SEC. 549. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, the following amounts shall be made available for assistance for Haiti— (1) $20,000,000 from ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’; (2) $30,000,000 from ‘‘Development Assistance’’; (3) $50,000,000 from ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’; (4) $15,000,000 from ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’; (5) $1,000,000 from ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’; and (6) $215,000 from ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’. (b) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard. (c) None of the funds made available in this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ may be used to transfer excess weapons, ammunition or other lethal property of an agency of the United States Government to the Government of Haiti for use by the Haitian National Police until the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) the United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has carried out the vetting of the senior levels of the Haitian National Police and has ensured that those credibly alleged to have committed serious crimes, including drug trafficking and human rights violations, have been suspended; and (2) the Transitional Haitian National Government is cooperating in a reform and restructuring plan for the Haitian National Police and the reform of the judicial system as called for in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1608 adopted on June 22, 2005.
Certification.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 550. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibition is important to the national security interests of the United States. (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. The report shall also include a description of how funds will be spent and the accounting procedures in place to ensure that they are properly disbursed.
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